The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
WILLIAMSPORT – A former cornerback at Penn State University has launched litigation against the school, the head coach of its football team and former defensive tackle, claiming that they collectively turned a blind eye to incidents of sexual hazing and harassment perpetrated against him.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 7. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Brittanee Tupitza against Texas Roadhouse Management Corp. on Jan. 7: 'Complaint Against Texas Roadhouse Management Corporation (filing Fee, Including Administrative Fee, $400, Receipt Number 315-5418278), Filed By Brittanee Tupitza. (attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet) (sdp)'.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Brittanee Tupitza against Texas Roadhouse Management Corp. on Jan. 8: 'Summons Issued As To Texas Roadhouse Management Corporation (sdp)'.
PITTSBURGH – A company that sells health insurance plans must hand over certain information about contracts with third parties, but not all requested information, a federal magistrate judge has ordered.
PHILADELPHIA – The cases of 10 women who live outside of Pennsylvania and who claim they were injured by intrauterine devices manufactured by a North Wales-based pharmaceutical company has been transferred to other federal courts.
PHILADELPHIA – A Langhorne-based financial services company alleges a Texas law that financed transvaginal mesh litigation now owes it more than $1 million.
PHILADELPHIA – Settlement proceedings have been granted a sixth time extension to obtain further evidence, in an action filed by a man on board the infamous Southwest Airlines flight from April 2018 where one passenger was partially sucked out of the plane and later died.
PITTSBURGH – The City of Pittsburgh is facing a lawsuit from a trio of professional athletes and the players’ associations of Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Hockey League, claiming its “jock tax” that is applied to both resident and non-resident athletes is unconstitutional.
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Sysco Corp. has entered into conciliation agreements with the Department of Labor to resolve alleged gender discrimination at its Sysco Baltimore LLC, Sysco Eastern Maryland LLC, Sysco Central Pennsylvania LLC and Sysco Virginia LLC locations.
PHILADELPHIA – As the year begins to draw to a close, filings in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas’s Complex Litigation Center have increased with the presence of two new mass tort programs for Vena Cava Filters and the Essure birth control device, both of which feature a number of out-of-state plaintiffs and counsel.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania contractor membership organization and several companies who perform contracting work in the state are suing the County of Westmoreland claiming the county's project labor agreement that requires contractors to recognize a union and to become a dues-paying member of the union for projects more than $150,000 violates federal and state laws.
The following cases categorized as "asbestos" cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 13. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "asbestos" cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 9. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Kenneth E. Mcafee against Trane US Inc. on Aug. 9.
